Swimming board



Feb. 2, 1932. L. H. MARSHALL SWIMMING BOARD Filed July 27', 1929 K INVENTOR.

150 H. MARSHALL BY L ATTORNEYS.

Patented Feb. 2, 1932 1,843,617

UNITED STATE$ PATENT OFFICE LEON I-I. MARSHALL, OF SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA SWIMMING BOARD Application filed July 27, 1929. Serial No. 381,487.

My invention relates to improvements in shown integral with the portion 7, and the swimming boards, and it consists in the comunder-surface of this bar is curved at 9 and binations, constructions and arrangements 10 for engaging with the backs of the legs. hereinafter described and claimed. From the foregoing description of the va- 5 An object of my invention is to provide a rious parts of the device, the operation thereswimming board which is extremely simple of may be readily understood. in construction and which may be used by The device is made large enough to supbeginners or experienced swimmers. The deport a person in a swimming position in the vice is so designed as to support the body and water so that his head is above the water. As

W yet at the same time give freedom to the arms already stated, the person lies upon the board and legs so that they can be used in their 1 so that his chest and front part of the body natural positions for swimming. The device is received in the pocket 4;. The legs straddle may also be used as a surf board. The broad the bar 6 and the portion 7 and extend beneath fiat bottom of the device prevents it from the cross bar 8. The arms are free to move turning over easily, and the shape is designed on the side of the board 1, and the legs are 6D to support the occupant in a swimming posifree to move in back of the bar 8. tion. The person may swim while being support- Other objects and advantages will appear ed by the board, or may float around idly. as the specification proceeds, and the novel The board is buoyant enough to support a 20 features of the invention will be particularly person who cannot swim and yet permits the pointed out in the claims. person to learn to swim.

My invention is illustrated in the accom- Although I have shown and described one panying drawings forminga part of this apembodiment of my invention, it is to be unplication, in which: derstood that thesame is susceptible of va- 57) Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device rious changes, and I reserve the right to em- 5 showing its use, ploy such changes as may come within the Figure 2 is a top plan view, scope of the invention as claimed.

Figure 3 is an end view, and I claim:

Figure 4 is a section along the line 4-4 1. A swimming board having a bodyporof Figure 2. tion with a substantially flat upper and lower 54) In carrying out my invention, I provide a surface and a T-shaped end extending rearboard 1 having a rounded front 2, a curved wardly from the rear of the body, the rear bottom 3, and a recess or pocket 4 large edges of the body, the sides of the central part enough in area to support the chest and of the T, and the arms of the T forming restomach of a person. A flat portion 5 is processes that will snugly receive the portions vided between the front of the recess l and of the legs disposedabove the knees. the front of the board 2. This portion may 2. A swimming board having a body porsupport the chin of the swimmer in the mantion with a substantially flat upper and lower ner shown in Figure 1. surface and a T-shaped end extending rear- Acentrally disposed bar 6 extends from the wardly from the rear of the body, the rear back of the board 1 and is preferably made edges of the body, the sides of the central integral therewith. This bar has an upwardpart of the T, and the arms of the T forming ly curved portion 7 that is designed to exrecesses that will snugly receive the portions M tend between the legs. A cross-bar 8 is seof the legs disposed above the knees, the arms. cured to the portion 7 and extends over the of the T extending entirely across the backs i backs of the legs at a point above'the knees. of the legs and being curved on the surfaces The dottedv lines 4 in Figure 3 show how the contacting with the legs to snugly conform pocket 4 is rounded out so as to conform with therewith. the shape of the body. The dotted line 2 rep- LEON H. MARSHALL.

50 resents the front 2 of the board. The bar 8 is 100 

